Wednesday, July 18, 2018

NXT Results - July 18, 2018

Tonight's show starts with a graphic In Memory of Masa Saito.

We are at Full Sail University and your announcers are Percy Watson, Mauro Ranallo, and Nigel McGuinness.

Dakota Kai vs. Lacey Evans

Evans mocks Dakota with some awkward looking kicks but Kai with a take down for a jackknife cover and a near fall. Kai with a drop kick. Evans with an Irish whip and Kai flips over and then gets a rollup for a near fall. Kai with a snap mare and kick to the back and then the chest for a near fall. Kai misses the Yakuza Kick and Evans with a kick and then she puts Dakota in the Tree of Woe and uses the tag rope to keep her in the corner. Evans with a hesitation Bronco Buster. Lacey taunts Dakota while Dakota gets back to her feet. Lacey sends Dakota to the mat and kicks her.

Lacey with a near fall. Lacey with a knee to the back. Kai with a kick to the knee and a rollup for a near fall. Lacey blocks a kick and she punches Dakota and follows with an elbow drop to the back. Evans with a step over toe hold and she adds a chin lock. Lacey slaps Dakota in the back and applies a rear chin lock. Lacey runs her forearm across the bridge of the nose and returns to the rear chin lock.

Lacey with a kick and then she drops knees to the back. Lacey stretches Dakota with a boot in the back and then she elevates Kai but Lacey's shoulders are on the mat and the referee makes a two count. Lacey gets a near fall. Lacey sends Dakota to the apron and connects with a knee lift and then a leg sweep. Lacey slingshots to the apron and kicks Dakota and stands on Kai's chest.

Lacey with a slingshot elbow drop and she gets a near fall. Lacey walks across the chest and then she goes up top for a moonsault but Kai is able to move because Lacey takes too long. Lacey with a chop to the midsection but Kai with Kawada kicks and then she sets for the Yakuza kick and she scores from second. Kai with a second one. Kai with face washes and then she hits a running face wash. Kai gets a near fall. Kai misses a round kick and Lacey with a slam.

Kai with a scorpion kick but Lacey trips Kai. Kai misses an enzuigiri and Lacey with the Woman's Right for the three count.

Winner: Lacey Evans

After the match, Evans taunts Kai and the referee has to pull Lacey off Dakota.

Ricochet is in the interview area and he is asked about the Undisputed Era. Ricochet says it is no secret he does not like Kyle and Roderick, but they are fighting champions and they will defend the title, unlike Adam Cole. Ricochet says he was this close to becoming the NXT North American Champion but Adam Cole found a way to steal it. A few weeks ago, Cole found a way to steal a victory when Kyle and Roderick got involved. He will not stop until he gets Cole one on one and he will become the next North American Champion.

We are told that Bianca Belair is not medically cleared to compete so the Fatal Four Way Number One Contender Match is now a Triple Threat Match.

Alesiter Black will face Tommaso Ciampa next week for the NXT Men's Championship.

We go to commercial.

We are back and the Street Profits are in a park playing some basketball. They get motivated to face TM61.

EC3 is walking in Full Sail and he has a message for Velveteen Dream after the betrayal at Royal Albert Hall. EC3 is interrupted for a selfie. EC3 gives a fan an EC3 shirt.

Kona Reeves sees EC3 and he says it is a spiffy suit. Kona says it is not the finest. Kona says he likes EC3's watch but it is not the finest. Kona comments on the spray tan. EC3 figures that Kona will say it is not the finest. EC3 asks Kona how many arcade tickets he needed to get that chain. EC3 says he will chew Kona up and spit him out. He tells Kona to fight him but Kona tells EC3 to give him some space. EC3 says he will give Kona the Top One Percent Beating of a Lifetime.

Kona says he will fight EC3 after he walks away. Kona says they could have been the best of friends.

We have a video package for next week's NXT Men's Championship Match between Aleister Black and Tommaso Ciampa.

Ciampa says that Black has what is his but Black says he will not take his title.

We go to commercial.

Kassius Ohno vs. Rick Ramirez

Ramirez with a waist lock but Ohno with a standing switch and take down. Ohno with a rolling elbow for the three count.

Winner: Kassius Ohno

We see the Undisputed Era in the back. Cole says the gold is back with them. Strong asks if there is any doubt. They are the champions. Kyle says their loss didn't count because it was in England. Cole asks if they want to hear a joke and he says Ricochet. Ricochet talks about coming close to winning. Cole says he is North American champion and you are not. Cole says he is a fighting champion. If you anger the Undisputed Era, you will be hurt. He tells RIcochet to back off.

We go to commercial.

We are back and we have a video feature on the War Raiders.

Hanson says the raid has begun. Rowe says there are no secrets and no tricks. It is the same story everywhere they go. Hanson says they are War Raiders. Rowe tells them to join the raid. Hanson says they were on the other side of a tournament in 2014 and they never met before even though they wrestled for ten years. Rowe says they beat the snot out of each other. Hanson says they decided to work together and beat the snot out of everyone else.

Through blood, sweat and tears, respect was earned. What happened was destruction. World domination ensued. Rowe says they looked to the Vikings of the past for inspiration. They went all over the world and they took what they wanted. They battled in Japan, Europe, and Mexico. They became modern day Vikings. They knew there was nothing on Earth that could stop them.

Rowe mentions in August 2014, he was in a motorcycle wreck that should have ended his life, but he survived. He says he learned to live without fear. If he can survive death, good luck beating them. Rowe says they bring something unique to tag team wrestling and they have brought it to NXT. Hanson says they look one way and fight another. Rowe is the smaller but he is the power house. Hanson flies. They have earned the right to raid NXT and they are just getting started. They take gold and raid everything. They have destroyed the world and the war is here.

Velveteen Dream turns off the lights in the back and he asks for ambiance, atmosphere, illumination, and experience. He asks if you can hear it. The Dream can hear it. He can still hear the people buzzing about what the next Experience is going to be. At Takeover War Games, the world said Dream's name. Takeover Philadelphia, the Dream had a knockout performance. Takeover New Orleans, the Dream rose to heights that you could not imagine. At Takeover Chicago, another match of the year for the Dream. At Takeover Brooklyn, the lights still shine the brightest for Velveteen Dream.

Candice LeRae vs. Nikki Cross vs. Kairi Sane in a Number One Contender Match for the NXT Women's Championship

Before the match starts, NXT Women's Champion Shayna Baszler makes her way out to watch the match. Nikki waves hello to Shayna but Shayna does not wave back.

Nikki sits in the corner but she goes after Kairi and Candice. Candice with a rollup on Nikki for a near fall. Candice with an arm drag to Nikki. Kairi with an arm drag to Candice. Nikki with a cross body to Sane. Nikki sends Candice to the apron and then she sends Sane into LeRae to knock her off the apron. Sane with chops to Nikki. Nikki pulls Sane to the apron and sends her head first into the ring post. Candice with a suicide dive onto Cross. Candice runs into a forearm when she goes for a second one. Nikki smothers LeRae in the ring skirt and connects with forearms. Nikki hugs Candice while still in the ring skirt and slams her head into the apron.

Nikki rubs Candice's face in the canvase and then rakes at the face. Nikki with a modified GargaNo Escape and rolls up Candice for a near fall. LeRae is put in the Tree of Woe and Nikki kicks Candice. Nikki runs into a spear from Sane and then Kairi goes up top and hits a double stomp on LeRae for a near fall. Sane with The Anchor but Nikki breaks it up. Nikki climbs on Sane's back for a sleeper. Candice with a drop kick. LeRae with chops and punches to Cross and Cross enjoys it. LeRae with a running back elbow into the corner on Cross followed by a cannonball to Sane off the apron.

Cross grabs LeRae by the hair and hits a reverse DDT on the ramp. Sane with an elbow off the apron to Cross and all three women are down. Sane sends Cross into the ring and signals for the elbow drop. Cross with a forearm that stops Sane on the turnbuckles. Cross with forearms and they exchange strikes on the apron. LeRae comes under and we get a Tower of Doom. Cross with a forearm to LeRae and LeRae fires back. Sane joins in the attack as all three throw forearms. Cross with a clothesline to Sane and LeRae with an enzuigiri on Cross. Sane with a back fist to Candice.

Cross with a head butt to the midsection. LeRae with a DDT and Flatliner on Cross and Sane. Candice with a quebrada to Sane but Cross pulls Candice off by grabbing the head. Cross with a hanging swinging neck breaker to LeRae from the floor. Cross stands over Sane and hits a belly-to-back suplex. Nikki sets for a second belly-to-back suplex and she hits it. Nikki with a third belly-to-back suplex.

Nikki sets for the swinging neck breaker but she decides to hang her from the top turnbuckle. LeRae grabs Nikki by the leg and Cross kicks Candice. Candice with an inside cradle for a near fall. LeRae with an Unprettier to Nikki followed by a quebrada but Sane with an elbow drop to break up the cover and get the three count on LeRae for the three count.

Winner: Kairi Sane

After the match, Baszler is asked if this is what she wanted and Shayna says she will take this and she will embarrass Kairi in Brooklyn.

We go to credits.

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